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General Category => Sportives => Topic started by: Shawn on May 07, 2014, 08:59:03 PM
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I have my first century since 2009 planned for this Saturday in the Carten 100.
If the weather sorts itself out, I might go for a proper epic and ride home as well (I figure there are plenty of train stations to bail out on the way home).
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Thanks
Shawn
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Weather is looking good, it is always good on Pencoed Classic car weekend, you will always remember the "good" rides anyway. Good luck.
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Ron was right the weather was good.
Id never done one of the sportive (Cartens not a Sportive) type events before, I can honestly say I don't know what the attraction is paying to ride roads that you can do anytime you want for free? At least Carten sells itself as a charity event.
So after waiting for my work colleagues to join me, we then spent 30 minutes queueing to depart CCFC stadium (see my point above).
We then got herded off in groups of 50ish queue lots of red light hopping. On the whole course we probably passed through 20 traffic lights so why people felt compelled to ignore those in Cardiff I had no idea.
After being very good and soft pedalling through Ely with my work colleagues I was off up the Culver hill and that was the last I saw of them.
Come Margam things had spread out enough to make the ride a bit more enjoyable, the headwind was epic and really showed its teeth on the way into Swansea coupled with the heavens opening in an apolyptic manner it was a real spirit breaking moment.
Add the millenium coastal path into the mix and it was real battle up to Pembrey.
From Pembrey to Tenby was a real grindathon especially as the designated route took us off the A40 through some really horrible lanes, lumpy, porr road surface and full of mud.
Tried to put a spurt on for the last leg into Tenby as I knew there was a 15:40 train home, which Ijust managed to catch.
Got off the train in Bridgend looking forward to a tail wind spin home, only to suffer a cataclysmic tyre split blow out less than 1/2 mile from the station. Thankfully the good lady wife agreed to come and pick me up.
http://www.strava.com/activities/139512490/overview
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Shawn, do I interpret correctly that you cycled 100 miles into todays wind? That's amazing. Perhaps you should have cycled back though, you wouldn't have needed to pedal. Well done
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Well done Shawn, not the nicest day this year, but one to remember, I hate wind and rain, a fair weather boy. Report is very good too.
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Yes Rob, flogged myself into the wind. Was tempted to come back but sore knee and poorly bike meant train was best option, maybe next year ;)
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Sponsored return club run perhaps?
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Well done to Sian who also completed the Carten 100, looking very pleased with herself.
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Great report, Shawn
And well done in those 'orrible conditions
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Well done Shawn, good miles.